Nasser Yeganeh

Nasser Yeganeh (4 June 1921 – 15 November 1993[1]) was an Iranian jurist, politician and statesman. He was previously Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the head of the Iranian judiciary, brought in during Amir-Abbas Hoveyda's tenure.

Nasser Yeganeh
ناصر یگانه
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Iran
In office
1975–1979
Prime MinisterAmir-Abbas Hoveyda
Preceded byEmadoddin Mirmotahhari
Succeeded byMehdi Sajjadian
Personal details
BornJune 4, 1921
Qazvin, Iran
DiedNovember 15, 1993(1993-11-15) (aged 72)
Washington, D.C., United States
Political partyNew Iran Party (1964-1975)
Rastakhiz Party (1975-1979)
Alma materUniversity of Tehran (LL.B.)
Sorbonne (Ph.D.)
ProfessionJudge
Hoveyda's cabinet in 1971 including Yeganeh.

Yeganeh served as Majles Deputy, 1963; Minister of State, 1963–1971; Senator, 1971–1974; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Iran, 1975–1979.[2]

Early life and education

Yeganeh was born in 1921, to an aristocratic family in Qazvin. His father, Mirza Ghaffar Khan Yeganeh (more commonly known as Salar Mansour), was the Hakim (Governor) of Qazvin. Yeganeh attended primary and secondary school in Qazvin before going to the University of Tehran where he received a Bachelor of Laws. He then went to France to pursue a PhD in Public Law from the Sorbonne. Following his graduation, Yeganeh traveled to the United States where he studied the American judicial system.[3]

Death

Yeganeh fled to the United States following the Iranian revolution and on 15 November 1993 committed suicide on his boat in Washington, D.C..[4]

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References
  1. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/customsearchresults.asp?LDS=3&last_name=Yeganeh
  2. http://fis-iran.org/en/oralhistory/Yeganeh-Naser
  3. http://rasekhoon.net/Mashahir/show-120152.aspx
  4. Milani, Abbas (2000). The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution. p. 154. Retrieved 5 Sep 2016.


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